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By the time the Olympic flame is lit at the Gabba in 2032, most Queenslanders are expected to live in Brisbane.

Migration was expected to provide the lion’s share of Queensland’s population increase. During the same period, New South Wales recorded no population growth, while Victoria went backwards by about by 0.9 per cent. As of 2021-22, most Queenslanders – 50.66 per cent – lived outside Brisbane, but the forecast growth rates were expected to result in 50.06 per cent of Queenslanders living in the capital by 2032-33. Greater Brisbane is expected to grow faster than the rest of Queensland, with a rate of 1.9 per cent projected for the capital in 2022-23, compared to 1.4 per cent for the rest of the state. Growth was expected to slow slightly in 2032-33 to 1.3 per cent in Brisbane, compared to 1.2 per cent across the rest of Queensland. And the population spread in Australia’s most decentralised state is tipped to sway towards the city, with most Queenslanders expected to live in Greater Brisbane by the time the Olympic flame is lit at the Gabba.